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The EXSS Impact Train Keeps Rolling All Summer Long

It’s been a few months since the last day of final exams during the 2014-15 academic year. Since that time we have celebrated the accomplishments of our students at University’s commencement ceremony. Following the main commencement ceremony, we gathered with 285 graduating seniors and 26 masters degree recipients, plus hundreds of their family and friends to celebrate these student’s achievements.

As part of our department ceremony, we recognized the accomplishments of several individuals:

Our graduation ceremony marks the end of the main academic year, but our faculty and students remain extremely busy as they continue to their efforts of making an EXSS Impact throughout the summer months. Below is a list of some of the different ways our faculty students have continued to make an EXSS Impact during the summer months. As you’ll see, the EXSS Impact Train Keeps on Rolling! Thanks to all for their efforts in making your EXSS Impact!

Awards and Recognitions:

Abbie Smith-Ryan – Awarded the 2015 Young Investigator Award by the National Strength and Conditioning Association

Tony Hackney – Appointed to education faculty for 2015-16 of the “European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology”

Bob Malekoff – Presented at the American Academic Leadership Institute in Washington DC on the challenges inherent to striking an appropriate balance between academic, athletic, and other student life dimensions on campuses.

Hunter Barrett (Sport Administration Graduate Student mentored by Nels Popp) – Presented research from his thesis at the Scholarly Conference on College Sport

DeFreese, J. D., Dorsch, T. D., & Flitton, F. (2015). Associations among markers of the parent-child relationship and parent experiences of burnout and engagement in organized youth sport. Paper presented at the annual meeting for the North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity (NASPSPA), Portland, Oregon.

DeFreese, J. D., Kerr, Z. Y., Baucom, D. H., & Guskiewicz, K. M. (2015). Relationships status and mental and physical functioning in former professional football athletes across a ten year study period. Paper presented at the annual meeting for the NASPSPA, Portland, Oregon.

Hibberd, E.E. & Myers, J.B. What are the most common forms of shoulder impingement in athletes and how do you differentiate between them? Quick Questions in the Shoulder: Expert Advice in Sports Medicine: Slack Publishing Co.

Hibberd, E.E. & Myers, J.B. Is there a relationship between shoulder and elbow injuries in overhead athletes? Quick Questions in the Shoulder: Expert Advice in Sports Medicine: Slack Publishing Co.